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PHS Graduate Receives Colgate University Award

Lauren Fong receied the Dean's Award for academic excellence during the 2012 fall term.

From a Colgate University press release:

Lauren Fong from Colgate University was a recipient of the Dean's Award for academic excellence during the 2012 fall term at Colgate University.

To be eligible for the Dean's Award, a Colgate student must achieve a minumum 3.30 average while enrolled in at least four courses.

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A member of the Colgate class of 2015, Fong is a graduate of Piedmont High School and lives in Piedmont, CA.

Colgate University is a highly selective residential liberal arts institution distinguished by academic excellence and interdisciplinary inquiry. Located on a beautiful campus in upstate New York, Colgate takes pride in the active engagement of its students and faculty in local, national, and global communities.

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Colgate offers 52 majors and 13 additional minors to an internationally and culturally diverse student body of 2,900 students. Our Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, which has been in place since 1928, has been recognized as one of the most ambitious and elegant general education programs in the country.

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